1 Timothy 1:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;

1 Timothy 1:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 7:12-13
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. …
Romans 7:16
If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
Psalms 19:7-10
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. …
2 Timothy 2:5
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Psalms 119:127-128
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. …

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Law Legislation Moral Law Mosaic Law Obedience Precepts

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-11)

Here the apostle instructs Timothy how to guard against the judaizing teachers, or others who mingled fables and endless genealogies with the gospel. He shows the use of the law, and the glory of the gospel. I. He shows the end and uses of the law: it is intended to promote love, for love is the fulfilling of the law, Rom. 13:10. 1. The end of the commandment is charity, or love, Rom. 13:8. The ma…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. But--“Now we know” (Ro 3:19; 7:14). law is good--in full agreement with God’s holiness and goodness. if a man--primarily, a teacher; then, every Christian. use it lawfully--in its lawful place in the Gospel economy, namely, not as a means of a “’righteous man” attaining higher perfection than could be attained by the Gospel alone (1Ti 4:8; Tit 1:14), which was the perverted use to which the fal…